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A photograph, taken from the western side of the village of Timberscombe, featuring the front churchyard of St. Petrock's Church, with the bottom of Church Street in the background.

The photograph is undated but was likely taken around 1909. …

A photograph, identified as taken in 1915, of the Village Post Office and the main road into Timberscombe, commonly known as the Dunster Road, later becoming Brook Street. It can be seen curving left, where it will be parallel to the stream that…

Two copies of a photograph of the southern end of Timberscombe's Brook Street, with its shops, homes and residents. The photograph is undated but is probably c. 1909. In later Victorian times, it was the fashion to photograph a street with its…

A gathering of men and boys, seemingly at the conclusion of a Timberscombe Club Walk, at Duddings, a farmhouse on the northeastern edge of Timberscombe. The men are members of the Timberscombe Friendly Society.

Friendly Societies were mutual aid…

Two photographs of essentially the same view of Marigold Holme and The Great House, along Great House Street, Timberscombe. The upper photograph is undated. Labeled "TIMBERSCOMBE.2", it could be earlier 20th century, possibly as early as c. 1909…

An undated photograph of Knowle House or Knowle Manor as more commonly called in the later 20th century. The photograph is by Richard Kingsley Tayler.

Mr Tayler, who professionally was known as R. Kingsley Tayler, was a commercial and portrait…

A photograph by Alfred Vowles of members of the Timberscombe Friendly Society, posing in the midst of their annual Timberscombe Club Walk. The year is undated but the photograph would have been taken on either the first Tuesday (1) or first Thursday…

An undated photograph of members of the Timberscombe Friendly Society gathered in the Village Square of Timberscombe. Seen to their left is the Old Forge and unseen to their right would be Lion Inn. The front of the Old Forge looks much like it does…

Two photographs that are both taken at Bickham Manor, located on the southwestern end of Timberscombe. This was the usual meeting place of the Timberscombe Friendly Society, on the morning of either the first Tuesday or Thursday of every June (1), as…

An original 1908 postcard, depicting the Timberscombe Friendly Society, by the Watchet photographer, Herbert John Hole (1873-1915), who generally identified himself as Bert Hole, possibly to distinguish himself professionally from Herbert Henry Hole…